SHORT-EARED OWLS look good so far this winter: 6 were on Stateline Rd.,
Pine Island on the NY-NJ border Dec 21; 6 more have been regularly
on Cedar Dock Run Rd., off Rte 9 south of Rte 72 along Barnegat
Bay, both of these traditional areas; others were seen at the
Oyster Creek Inn off Leeds Point Rd and at Manahawkin this week.
Local reports of interest are 7 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS
lingering at Smith's Creek in Sewaren as of Dec 20, and a report
of YELLOWLEGS and DOWITCHER from Jackson Pond in Clark near the
Rahway.

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